Estimating atmospheric nucleation rates from size distribution measurements: Analytical equations for the case of size dependent growth rates

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-20

  Korhonen, Hannele ^a   Kerminen, Veli Matti ^b   Kokkola, Harri ^a   Lehtinen, Kari E J ^a,c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Analytical equation; Growth rate; New particle formation; Nucleation rate

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE;

ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; INSTRUMENT DETECTION LIMITS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; NUCLEATION RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL SIMULATIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENTS;

NUCLEATION;

AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EQUATION; LABORATORY METHOD; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER LAW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OBSERVATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TIME;

EID: 84890843202     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: 18791964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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